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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by oaExist to c/unpopularopinion
 

P.S: I'm Asian

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[–] excitingburp 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You don't have to get a dictionary that's too old to find the definition of racism that strictly required belief of superiority. With the old definition, things like slavery and genocide would be a direct conclusion/justification a racist would make. Words evolve though. Nowadays racism still makes you a piece of shit, but it doesn't necessarily make you literally Columbus or Hitler - and that is reflected in the dictionary as a new definition; where hatred is enough.